The Apprentice Hunting License is available to both residents and nonresidents. Persons 17 and older may purchase the Apprentice Hunting License one time and only if they have never held a Maryland hunting license in the past. Junior hunters may purchase the license annually through age 16. Junior hunters must take the required online education course each year before purchasing the Apprentice Hunting License.
Resident Apprentice Hunting License..........................................................................................................$15.00
For Maryland resident hunters under age 17 who never held a Maryland hunting license (other than an apprentice hunting license).
Nonresident Apprentice Hunting License..........................................................................................................$40.00
For non-resident hunters under age 17 who never held a Maryland hunting license (other than an apprentice hunting license).
A person may not purchase an Apprentice Hunting License if they have previously obtained a hunting license in Maryland that was anything other than an Apprentice Hunting License.
Use of an Apprentice Hunting License requires the following:
- Successful completion of a short, online Apprentice Hunter Safety course is required prior to purchasing this license.
- Appropriate stamps are needed to hunt migratory birds and deer (i.e. Archery, Muzzleloader, and Sika).
- The apprentice hunter must be accompanied and directly supervised by a Maryland resident at least 18 years old who possesses a valid Maryland non-apprentice hunting license. The person is referred to as a "mentor".
- The apprentice and mentor hunter must hunt in close proximity so that the mentor can take immediate control of the archery device or firearm.
- The apprentice hunter can hunt unaccompanied if the full hunter safety course was taken and a Certificate of Competency in Firearms and Hunting Safety was acquired.
In order to take the online Apprentice Hunter Safety Course you must first have a DNR ID. Determine which of the statements below applies to you and follow the appropriate link to obtain your DNR ID number if needed. You'll then be guided to the online video, test and license purchasing process:
